The Visigoths

A subset of Goths

Alaric

Origins of Visigoths

Goths were divided into two groups

Migration of Visigoths (and Ostragoths)

Bishop Ulfilas A.D. 310 – 38
was a Goth or half-Goth and half-Greek from Cappadocia.
In AD 348
Converts Gothic communities to Christianity

AD 325

Bishops Alexander and Athanasius

Arius

Visigoths followed the ARIAN Creed

Arian Visigoths that cross into the Roman Empire
no longer Pagan

Roman Empire
Attractive to Gothic tribes because of:

Rome at the time of the Visigoth migration

The Empire Divided
AD 286

The Empire United
AD 324

AD 337

AD 350

AD 353

AD 355

AD 360

AD 361

Under Julian's rule

Julian
The ‘apostate’

By that time Constantinople

At that time Rome

Persian King Shapur II AD 309 - 379
attacked Roman Provinces

Julian AD 355 - 63

AD364

AD 375

AD 376

Visigoths cross the Danube with Valens permission

Valen's response to battle of Thrace

Result from AD 378
Battle of Adrianople

Theodosius I AD 378 - 95

AD 383

Late AD 383

AD 388

Valentinian II AD 375 - 93

Magister militum

Flavius Eugenius AD 392 - 4

Flavius Eugenius' rule

Theodosius I “Gift of God”

The Battle of the Frigidus September 5th – 6th AD 394

AD 395

Alaric after Theodosis' death

AD 397
Stilicho leads an army from Rome to drive Alaric out of Greece

AD 401
Alaric leads his people into Italy

An Empire of Three Halves

May AD 408 Honorius (23)

Honorius' actions resulted in

AD 408
The Aurelian Wall

The effects of the Aurelian Wall

Alaric's practical response

Alaric's verbal response

AD 408

Honorius' response

Alaric only wanted a truce

Honorius

24th August
AD 410
Sack of Rome

Sack of Rome ultimately a failure for Alaric:

AD 410 Alaric dies

AD 417
Wallia, Athaulf’s successor makes peace with Honorius
Visigoths granted their own kingdom

The Visigoths